In 6- to 8-year-old children, cardiorespiratory fitness moderates the relationship between severity of life events and health-related quality of life.
Markus GerberKatharina EndesSerge BrandChristian HerrmannFlora ColledgeLars DonathOliver FaudeHenner HanssenUwe PühseLukas ZahnerPublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2016)
Recent stressful experiences alone were not sufficient to explain negative health outcomes in young children. Children with low cardiorespiratory fitness levels experienced lower psychological wellbeing when they were exposed to critical life events. More research is needed to find out whether similar findings emerge with objective physical activity measurements and when critical life events are assessed over longer periods of time.